UPFA parliamentarian Arundika Fernando yesterday (Jan 08) said that he would apologise for sitting on the Speaker’s chair if it was an offence.
MP Fernando had unlwafully occupied the Speaker’s chair on November 16 during the mayhem in Parliament.
Addressing Parliament yesterday he said that it was an unintentional mistake. However, he claimed that parliamentary proceedings had not begun and the mace was not placed at the time of the incident.
The Puttalam District parliamentarian had made these remarks in response to a question raised by MP Mujibur Rahuman.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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